OpenSSH supplies key

[jahall]

I have installed OpenSSH and OpenSSL since I need to administer servers remotely and from what I understand SSH is much more secure.

I am using puTTY as my client on a Windows 98 machine.

The server is a p-90 with 64MB of RAM running RedHat 6.2. To install OpenSSH and OpenSSL, I downloaded the sources and compiled them.

When I used puTTY to connect to the server the first time, I receive the following message, "The server's host key is not cached in the registry. You have no guarantee that this server is the server that you think it is. The server's key fingerprint is 1024 xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
If you trust this host, click yes to add it to PuTTY's cache and carry on connecting."

Can I prevent sshd from supplying this information? If so, what should be changed?

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Jay

[Sweede]

no, thats what you need to connect.

ssh is the lock, and has a key that matches the lock.

it sends you a key (that is amazingly unique to your computer).

when you connect via ssh and putty, you send your key to the server,
ssh then uses its key and your key to "open the lock" and connect.

your lucky though, i tried isntalling ssh and i couldnt get it to send a proper key to connect.
not sure what im doing wrong :\

btw, how long does it take your machine to make a 128bit 1024byte key ? http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif

[jahall]

I don't remember for sure. The key generation was part of the install if I remember correctly and it took less than 10-15 minutes for the whole procedure.

Jay